Winona is a feminine given name, an Anglicized form of the Dakota descriptive term, Winúŋna, meaning "firstborn daughter."
People with the name or variations thereof include:
The daughter of the Dakota Sioux Chief Wapasha III, sometimes identified with the legendary figure, WinonaWinona LaDuke (born 1959), Native American activistWinona Ryder (born 1971), American actressWynona Carr (1924–76), African-American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriterWynona Lipman (c. 1932–99), American politician and New Jersey state senatorWynonna Judd (born 1964), American country singerFictional characters so named include:
Wenonah, the mother of Hiawatha in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)Winona, a character in the Pokémon universeWinona Kirk, the mother of Star Trek's James T. Kirk